Gonzales scores 33 as Lady Bulldogs top Lake View

By SKIP LEON Skip.Leon@hearstnp.com

Published 7:33 am, Wednesday, January 20, 2016

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Plainview's Jaden Gonzales looks to pass the ball during a game earlier this season. The 5-foot-4 senior guard scored a career-high 33 points Tuesday night to lead the Lady Bulldogs to a victory at San Angelo Lake View. Plainview is 3-0 in District 4-5A play. less

Plainview's Jaden Gonzales looks to pass the ball during a game earlier this season. The 5-foot-4 senior guard scored a career-high 33 points Tuesday night to lead the Lady Bulldogs to a victory at San Angelo ... more

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Gonzales scores 33 as Lady Bulldogs top Lake View

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The Plainview girls basketball team took a huge step toward separating itself from the rest of District 4-5A with a 60-49 victory at San Angelo Lake View Tuesday night.

The victory was Plainview’s third in district play without a loss. Lake View dropped to 1-2 in district and lost for just the fourth time in 28 games this season. The Maidens entered the game ranked No. 20 in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) Class 5A poll. Plainview is ranked 22nd.

Leading by just four points with two and a half minutes left in the game, Plainview called timeout and then became much more deliberate on offense. Jaden Gonzales, who finished with a career-high 33 points, hit a field goal to put Plainview ahead 52-46 with just under two minutes left.

That was the last field goal of the game. With Lake View desperate and forced to foul, Gonzales made 8-of-10 foul shots in the final 75 seconds to secure the victory.

Gonzales began and finished the game strong for the Lady Bulldogs. She scored all 12 of their points in the first quarter and notched their final 12 points in the final 2 minutes, 50 seconds of the game. Less than eleven minutes into the contest, Gonzales had 18 points and Plainview was ahead 22-11.

Plainview led 12-10 after the first quarter and was up 29-23 at halftime. Lake View overtook the Lady Bulldogs in the third quarter, but two free throws by Karley Thrasher and a pair of charity tosses by Khyra Riddley with no time left gave the Lady Dogs a 42-29 lead entering the final eight minutes.

Plainview clamped down on defense in the fourth quarter. They held Lake View to just one field goal early in the period. The rest of the Maidens’ points came on 8-of-13 free-throw shooting.

Baskets were hard to come by in the final stanza. Lake View twice hit the front end of one-and-ones to get within 44-43 with 6:09 left. Then both teams missed front ends of one-and-ones and Plainview clung to its one-point advantage.

Gonzales hit a short jumpshot and Amela Dizdarevic, substituting for an injured Riddley, made two free throws to put the Lady Bulldogs ahead 48-43 with 5:07 left to play. Lake View made two free throws with just under five minutes left to pull within three.

Lake View made another foul shot to get within 48-46 midway through the quarter. But from that point on, Gonzales scored Plainview’s final 12 points and the Lady Bulldogs held Lake View to just three charity tosses in the final four minutes.

For the game, Plainview made 45 percent of its field-goal attempts (17-for-37). They finished 22-of-33 (67 percent) from the foul line.

Lake View made just 15 field goals in 52 attempts (28 percent). They were just 4-for-22 from three-point range, compared to Plainview’s 4-for-8. Lake View had an advantage in shots due to a 34-22 advantage on the boards.

Gonzales hit 10-of-19 field goals, including 4-of-7 from beyond the arc. She made 9-of-15 free throws. In addition to her 33 points, she had two steals and two rebounds.

For the second straight game, Thrasher provided a lift off the bench. The senior post player scored nine points. She hit all three of her field-goal attempts and was 3-for-4 from the foul line. In addition, she pulled down six rebounds and had two steals.

Harlee Davis scored eight points and pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds, including six on the offensive end of the floor. She also notched three steals.

Jade Nails had three points, a team-high five assists and two rebounds. Riddley had three points, three assists and a rebound. Dizdarevic and Karly Sanchez had two points each to round out Plainview’s scoring.

The Lady Bulldogs will close out the first half of their district schedule Friday when they host Lubbock High at 6 p.m.